音标：['meintәnәns] ；柯林斯词典等级：2 级；

n. 维护, 保持, 维修, 生活费用, 坚持, 扶养
[计] 维护; 维修

n. means of maintenance of a family or group
n. the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community

词型变化：名词复数形式 : maintenances
考试类型：[四级/六级/考研/托福/IELTS/GRE]

词性分布：

名词100%

maintenance的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

He's taking classes in car maintenance.他正在上汽车维修课。
The machinery requires constant maintenance.这些机器需要经常保养维修。
The roof of the ancient temple caved in because of bad maintenance.那座古老的宙宇由于维护不好屋顶塌了下来。
Our policy is maintenance of friendly relations with all countries.我们的政策是与所有国家保持友好关系。
Both parents contribute to the maintenance of their children.双方父母都给孩子们提供生活费用。
The major problem is the maintenance of the child.主要的问题是孩子的抚养费。
He must pay maintenance for his three children.他必须付三个孩子的抚养费。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)

He learnt tractor maintenance.他学会了拖拉机维修。
His small farm provides maintenance, but not much more.他的小农场能使他们维持生活,但仅此而已。
He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.他必须给前妻抚养费。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

claim maintenance要求得到抚养费
learn maintenance学习保养

形容词+～

preventive maintenance预防性保养
routine maintenance日常保养

名词+～

building maintenance房屋维修
car maintenance汽车保养
file maintenance文件保管

～+介词

the maintenance of law and order维持法律与秩序

经典引文

The lawyers were as busy as bees, issuing writs for..maintenance.
出自：T. H. White

【近义词】

upkeep维持
care关心
alimony(离婚后丈夫给妻子的)赡...
continuance继续
allowance零用钱
protection保护
sustenance维持生计
preservation保存
servicing维修
conservation保存
repair修理
grooming修饰
child support子女抚养费
livelihood生计
subsistence生存
wages工资
continuity连续性
living活着的
support支持
perseveration[医]持续言语(指言语反...
perpetuation永存
salary薪水
revenue税收
persistence坚持
income收入
pursuit追求
stability稳定性
settlement解决
payment支付
repairs修理工作
keep保持
upholding动词uphold的现在进...
continuation继续
means of support支承方法
grant授予
child小孩
means方法
of关于
sustainment支持
sustentation支持

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